RPD investigates indecent exposureRussellville Police Department officers responded to the report of an indecent exposure at approximately 3:20 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Knoxville Avenue and East Main Street. Officers determined after a preliminary on scene investigation that a male driving a white Chrysler Sebring exposed himself to students on a Russellville School District bus. The driver was wearing a bandana or a mask covering his face. Students informed the bus ...

2 men held without bail for alleged threats to Pokemon event BOSTON — Two men from Iowa made online threats against Pokemon competitors — referring to the Boston Marathon bombings and the Columbine High School massacre — then drove 25 hours to Boston, where they were stopped as they tried to register for the World Pokemon Championships, police said Monday. Kevin Norton, 18, of Ames, Iowa, and James Stumbo, 27, of Boone, Iowa, were ordered held without bail on gun charges Monday pending a dangerousness h...

Woman gets 10-year probation sentence in sex assault case TEXARKANA — A woman has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage boy while she served as a youth leader at a Texarkana church. The Texarkana Gazette (http://bit.ly/1WQ2JcO ) reports that 29-year-old Victoria Rose Nash pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of authority. As part of a plea agreement, she was sentenced to a 10-year probation term. She also must register as a sex offende...

Arkansas judge arrested, charged with domestic batteryLONOKE — Police say a judge in central Arkansas faces charges after he assaulted his girlfriend at a home in Lonoke. Joe O'Bryan was arrested Friday night on a charge of third-degree domestic battery and has been released on a $620 bond. O'Bryan was first elected in 1990 as a judge in Cabot District Court. The director of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission has filed a complaint against him. Attempts to contact O'Bryan by the Ark...

Former Searcy police chief pleads guilty to drug chargeLITTLE ROCK — Former Searcy Police Chief Jeremy Clark pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that "effectively ends" a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigation that led to Clark's resignation in March, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Givens. In a document filed Friday, Christopher Thyer, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, charged that Clark, 36, "knowingly and intentionally possessed a Sched...

Arkansas youth lockup reports increase in violence for 2014LITTLE ROCK — The largest lockup for youth in Arkansas reports a 25 percent increase in violence in 2014 from 2013. Records obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/1EOt5ka ) show 832 violent acts such as assaults, fights and youths harming themselves at the Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center, up from 664 in 2013. The center near Alexander is privately run by Tampa, Florida-based G4S Youth Services and holds abou...

Sheriff's office seeks rape suspectThe Pope County Sheriff's Office issued a bulletin Monday asking for the public's help in locating Aaron Lyle Riddle, 35, who is wanted on two counts of rape. Riddle's last known address is 4995 Gunter Mountain Road in Hector. He was last seen driving a 1994 black Nissan pickup truck, with Arkansas license No. 065PXB. He has no known weapons. PCSO advised Riddle has made some suicidal gestures recently. Riddle is a white male, 6 feet tall and ...

Former juvenile guard charged with exposing inmate to HIVLITTLE ROCK — A former guard at the White River Juvenile Detention Center in Batesville has been charged with exposing a 17-year-old inmate to the virus that causes AIDS. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 27-year-old Bradley Kyle Hopper of Batesville is charged in Independence County Circuit Court with a plea hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Jail records show Hopper is being held in the Independence County jail. No attorney is listed fo...

Fogle to plead guilty to sex acts, child porn chargesINDIANAPOLIS — Longtime Subway pitchman Jared Fogle agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to allegations that he paid for sex acts with minors and received child pornography in a case that destroyed his career at the sandwich-shop chain and could send him to prison for more than a decade. Prosecutors alleged that Fogle knew the pornography had been secretly produced by the former director of his charitable foundation, which sought to raise awarenes...

Prosecutors withdraw theft charges against ex-court clerkHOT SPRINGS — Prosecutors have withdrawn felony theft charges against a former Garland County District Court clerk accused of embezzling more than $40,000. Garland County Prosecuting Attorney Terri Harris told the Sentinel-Record (http://bit.ly/1TRk3Pq ) on Monday that they could refile the charges against Donna Linda Schleeter, but that she likely would be acquitted at trial with their current evidence. "Some new information came to light tha...

Police searching for Hot Springs duo who stole alligators LITTLE ROCK — Jamie Bridges said Monday he is worried that two thieves who stole a dozen baby alligators from his family's Hot Springs tourist attraction won't know how to properly care for them. Two people broke into the Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo early Saturday morning wearing masks and gloves and stole the 12 babies as well as a 7-year-old alligator. "Those little ones won't make it if they don't care for them the right way," B...

11 arrested after deputies discover cockfightingMABELVALE — Eleven people face animal fighting charges after Saline County authorities say an anonymous tip led them to find a cockfighting event. The county sheriff’s office says deputies responded Sunday to a wooded area behind a Mabelvale residence, where they found between 30 and 35 people near what appeared to be a cockfighting pit. Several people ran away, but 11 were arrested and charged with felony unlawful animal fighting charges. The...

Officers, attorney among arrested in man’s deathSAN FRANCISCO — A long and largely forgotten death investigation in California’s Central Valley has led to a vast and unexpected set of arrests that included three current and former Highway Patrol officers and a prominent defense attorney. They were among nine people arrested in the 2012 disappearance and killing of Korey Kauffman, stemming from the belief that he was stealing antiques, car parts and other objects from Modesto attorney Frank ...

Ward found guilty, sentenced to 25 yearsBY SEAN INGRAM sean@couriernews.com DANVILLE — A Briggsville man was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder and first-degree battery and sentenced to 25 years in prison in Yell County Circuit Court. Samuel Lee Ward, 28, was charged with first-degree murder, battery and witness bribery in the July 2014 shooting of his 20-weeks-pregnant wife by the 15th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. A jury seated Monday afternoon found...

Police say 2 dead following North Little Rock shootingNORTH LITTLE ROCK — Police in North Little Rock have identified two men who died following a shooting. Authorities say 20-year-old Tupac Winston and 24-year-old Lamar Moore were pronounced dead following Monday’s shooting. North Little Rock Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian Dedrick says officers received a report of a double shooting about 5 p.m. Officers found two men in a parking lot with gunshot wounds. Both men received medical aid an...

St. Louis County chief regained control of protestsFERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — As another protest on Ferguson's beleaguered West Florissant Avenue began to turn rowdy, Jon Belmar was among the first to confront protesters. Wearing neither a helmet nor a shield, the St. Louis County police chief strode directly toward demonstrators, telling them to get out of the street and urging calm. "They're not going to take the street tonight," Belmar told an Associated Press reporter standing nearby. "That's no...